Police & Fire: October 17, 2013

Thursday

Oct 17, 2013 at 3:30 PM

Aggravated assault

Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies assisted Sault Tribal Police with a Friday complaint after a man with a samurai sword threatened patrons at a local house of gaming. The matter was apparently triggered by the man’s belief that Nazis were at that location.

Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies were called to a Pickford Township residence Saturday evening for a man with health problems.

Law enforcement and emergency personnel convened at the scene to find a man who declined any medical treatment.

The man, however, did have multiple warrants for his arrest and was also found to be in possession of a baggie containing suspected marijuana. Kevin C. Lewis, 24, of Kincheloe was arrested on the force of the outstanding warrants and also charged with violation of the controlled substance act.

Lewis was lodged in the Chippewa County Jail.

Drunk driving

Sault Tribal Police executed a Sunday morning traffic stop near the junction of Marquette and Shunk after the driver improperly used the turn lane.

After a battery of failed sobriety tests, authorities arrested Robert M. Williams, 44, of the Sault for operating while intoxicated. Williams was also charged with driving while license suspended before being booked into the Chippewa County Jail.

• In a separate Sunday morning incident, Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies were alerted to person who had failed to reimburse a Brimley gas station for pumped fuel. Investigating officers were directed to the man’s location eventually resulting in the arrest of Brandon E. Teeple, 31, of Brimley for operating while intoxicated and driving while license suspended.

Teeple was lodged in the Chippewa County Jail.

PPO violation

Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies were called to Sugar Island on Monday to investigate the reported violation of a personal protection order.

Evidence collected at one residence led authorities to Brasser Road where the suspect, Ralph M. Hays, 54, of the Sault was arrested for violating a PPO.

Hays was lodged in the Chippewa County Jail.

Minor in possession

Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies report visiting a local lodging establishment early Sunday morning on reports of underaged drinking, arriving to find one of the revelers had not yet reached the age of 21.

Jessica L. Tong-Paradis, 18, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. was cited for minor in possession of alcohol and released with a future court date.

No charges were brought against the individual over the age of 21 in this matter with authorities opting to forward all of the compiled evidence to the prosecuting attorney for review.

Warrant arrests

Chippewa County Sheriff Deputies also report a trio of Tuesday warrant arrests.

• Nathan A. Saunders, 22, of Owosso was arrested on a failure to appear warrant out of the 91st District Court. Saunders was picked up at the Shiawassee County Jail on the force of the warrant and conveyed to the Chippewa County Jail where he was later lodged.

• Jeramie J. Piippo 30, of Rudyard was arrested at a Rudyard Township residence on an outstanding animal at large warrant out of the 91st District Court. He was likewise booked into the Chippewa County Jail.

• Andrew T. Lehre, 21, of the Sault was arrested at a Bruce Township residence on the force of a failure to appear warrant. Lehre was also lodged in the Chippewa County Jail.

Another warrant

Sault Police were called to the 500 block of Cedar early today for a suspicious situation, arriving to find a seemingly intoxicated man in the street.

A subsequent investigation resulted in the arrest of Michael Wood, 31, of the Sault on an outstanding failure to appear warrant out of Mackinac County.

Wood was lodged in the Chippewa County Jail.

Assault complaint

Finally, city police were called to an E. Portage Avenue lodging establishment on reports of a possible assault involving two men and a woman.

Officers arrived on the scene shortly before 3 a.m. to find the three were friends and the two men were in the process of helping the highly-intoxicated woman make her way home. After confirming that account by viewing surveillance tape, police closed the books on this matter without taking any additional action.